RE: ruling this month
This is old an article Dated DEC 28, 2009.
https://www.banderasnews.com/0912/eden-vistagoldcorp.htm
Thecentral Mexican state of San Luis Potosi is another front in the miningvs. environment battle. A long-running fight between local landownersand a national network of environmental and human rights activists onone side, and the Vancouver-based New Gold Incorporated on the other,almost came to a head last month when Mexico's Secretariat for theEnvironment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) revoked an operatingpermit for the company's Cerro de San Pedro mine.
Reiteratingcharges that New Gold's operations were provoking public healthproblems from cyanide and mercury emissions, as well as causing damagesto a historic church and other buildings, opponents applauded thedecision.
This month, however, a Mexican court threw out Semarnat'sdecision. Withdrawing the mining permit, the court stated, wouldadversely impact 500 direct and 1,500 indirect jobs linked to the mine.New Gold, the court ruled, "has always respected environmental rulesthat regulate the activity it pursues."